The Cambridge Companion to the City in Literature (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781107609150)

From the myths and legends that fashioned the identities of ancient city-states to the diversity of literary performance in contemporary cities around the world, literature and the city are inseparably entwined. The international team of scholars in this volume offers a comprehensive, accessible survey of the literary city, exploring the myriad cities that authors create and the genres in which cities appear. Early chapters consider the literary legacies of historical and symbolic cities from antiquity to the early modern period. Subsequent chapters consider the importance of literature to the rise of the urban public sphere; the affective experience of city life; the interplay of the urban landscape and memory; the form of the literary city and its responsiveness to social, cultural and technological change; dystopian, nocturnal, pastoral and sublime cities; cities shaped by colonialism and postcolonialism; and the cities of economic, sexual, cultural and linguistic outsiders.

Author: Kevin R. McNamara
ISBN-10: 1107609151
ISBN-13: 9781107609150
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/06/2014
Pages: 517
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 06/01/2015 pg. 1649